JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<label>Choose a browser from this list:
<input list="browsers" name="myBrowser" id="myBrowser" /></label>
<datalist id="browsers">
  <option value="Chrome">
  <option value="Firefox">
  <option value="Internet Explorer">
  <option value="Opera">
  <option value="Safari">
  <option value="Microsoft Edge">
</datalist>

<button>get value</button>

JavaScript

$('button').on('click', function() {
	console.log($('#myBrowser').val());
});